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S. E. CHAMBERLAIN.

END GATE FOR VEHICLES. No. 299,907. Patented June 3, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIMEON E. CHAMBERLAIN, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

END-GATE FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,907, dated June 3,1884.

Application filed October 5, 1883. (No model.)

, vices for the End-Gates to Vehicles; and I do side of the body of thevehicle.

.hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

My invention has for its object a novel device for securing the end-gateto a vehicle,

which can be operated expeditiously and afford a convenient means forwithdrawing and replacing the end-gate without injury to the body, andwithout entailing loss of parts; and it consists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described, andspecifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an isometrical view of a vehicle, showingmy device applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a side view of the device and themeans for operating the same. Fig. 3 is an end view of the device fromthe outer Fig. 4 is a plan view of Fig. 2.

A represents a bar having the divisions a a and curved arm a. B is alever having the eccentric portions 1) and lip b. b is a bolt securinglever B to bar A. O is a catch-plate. D is the end-gate to avehicle, andE the sides to the same.

In the construction of my invention, I make a lever, B, of suitablelength, and form upon one end an eccentric, b, and a lip, 79, projectingbeyond the curveof the eccentric and between the same and the free endof the lever. A perforation is then made transversely through the end ofthe lever, in rear of the eccentric b. I then form a bar, A, preferablyin two portions, a a, each portion being of sufiicient length to beattached in one direction upon the inner and outer sides of an end-gateof a vehicle, to which it is secured by the bolts a" a. Upon theopposite portions of the bar A, I make the curved arms a a in suchshapeas to extend over the sides of the body, and afford a means forobtaining a proper leverage, and then perforate the same proportionatewidth to the space between the portions (1 a of the bar, is insertedtherein, with the eccentric b and its lip b in the direction of saidbars, and relatively to the sides of the vehicle when attached thereto.The bolt b is then inserted in the perforations through the lever B andthe divisions a a of bar A, securely uniting them, and at the same timepermitting a free play of thelever. The divisions of the barA are thenattached to the end-gate D, near1y in line with the top, the curved armsa a extending over the sides of the vehicle, and the bolts a a passingtransversely through the said bar and the end-gate. A catch-plate, O,with an offset, 0, below, is then secured to the side of the body of thevehicle, opposite to that portion of the lever having the eccentric b,byscrews or other suitable means, adepression, 6, being made in the sidesof the body to admit the oflset c and afford room for the entrance oflip b.

In the operation of my device the free ends of lever B, which afi'ord aconvenient means for raising or lowering the end-gate, are raised in avertical plane until the said gate is closed in place to the sides ofthe body of the vehicle, when they are lowered below the plane of thebar A, and the eccentric I), coming in contact with plate 0 upon thesides of the body, first draws the end-gate and sides closely together;

then, upon closing the end of the lever hard 7 against the sides of thebody, the lip b enters the depression 6 in the side of the body, and isfastened by the offset 0 on plate 0, thereby preventing any movement ofthe end-gate until the lever is released.

It is clearly perceived that the bar A may be made in one piece andbolted to either side of the end-gate, and that the lever may bepivotally attached to the side of one arm of the bar with equalfacility. The length of bar A may be uniform; but in attaching the sameto the end-gate the lip upon the lever should be carried within therecess 6 of the sides and against the offset 0 of plate 0, therebylockin g the same, and enabling th e compression of the eccentric onplate'O and a diminishing portion thereof at the same time (when thefree end of the lever is against the side of the body E) to beareccentrically to the pivotal point of the lever against the plate 0. Bythis means the upward tendency of the endgate in the jolting of thevehicle binds the free end of the lever more firmly against the side ofthe body. The depression a in the side of the body E affords adiminution in the length of the arm a and a secure fastening to asliding end-gate. The plate 0, however, may be reversed, with the offset0 projecting outwardly, if desired, especially when the end-gate is heldin suitablelgrooves in the side of the body E. offset a prevents thewear of the wood above the depression 6, and relieves the strain uponthe bolts or screws by which it is attached to the side E of the body.\Vhen an end-gate is hinged to the body of a vehicle, the bar A isattached to the sides, and with the use of but one bolt, thus permittingthe raising of the arm in avoidance of the end-gate.

In constructing the bar A with the curved arms a a, I am enabled tocombine said bar, having the eccentric pivoted thereto, fixedly with theendgate or sides of the vehicle, and in so doing obtain theproportionate degree of leverage required to close the said sides andend-gate below the point of attachment of the bar A to the vehicle inthe simplest and most expeditious manner.

My device is readily applied, it retains the sides and end-gateuniformly together, and affords a protection from the strain produced bythe motion of the vehicle.

Having fully described my invention, what The r I now claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A locking device for the end-gate to a vehicle, consisting of a barone end of which end gate and its opposite end constructed with a curvedarm, and an eccentric provided with a suitable lever pivotally attachedto said curved arm below the point of attachment of the said bar to thevehicle, and a lip project ing beyond the curve of the eccentric, andbetween the same and the free end of the lever, which is adapted toengage with an offset on the side of the vehicle and lock the lever, inthe manner shown and specified.

3. The combination, with the bar having an extended arm and adapted tobe secured to the end-gate of a vehicle, and a lever one end of which isprovided with an eccentric and pivotally attached to said arm, of acatch-plate having asuitable offset which is adapted to be attached tothe side of the body of the vehicle, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereol'I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

SIMEON E. CHAMBERLAIN.

\Vitnesses:

J. A. PINKSTON, E. H. PHELrs.

